In season 6 of the hit sitcom, FRIENDS, Chandler puts on this huge act in front of Monica, pretending to be completely uninterested in marriage in an effort to magnify the surprise when he finally proposes.
And magnify the surprise I tried my best to do when, for months, I kept my schedule insanely tight so that Dannel would have the impression that either I wasn't keen or couldn't afford time to help him with his 21st birthday celebration.
After he did so much for mine last year, I found myself irritated that he would expect the same from me for his big two-one (not that he didn't have the right to expect... it just made surprising him so much more difficult). So I kept my distance to throw him off the expectations track while I planned his twenty-first birthday film tribute.
The birthday boy seemed taken aback when the video was presented late in his party. So I'm thinking the dozens of people involved successfully kept mum about it, which is fantastic.
Unfortunately, the video cannot be posted online for all to see because it features a few of our secondary school teachers, whose privacy should be respected.
There's nothing like sharing the joys of a friend celebrating a significant milestone in his life. And for the last 8 years, Dannel has been a magnificent friend in so many ways. So I'm glad to have been able to share in his happiness. And I'm so grateful that he pushed his party forward so that I could attend it before I left for my Thailand training.
Dannel darlin', may you continue to shine so valiantly in the lives of the many loved ones around you and be that awesome fashionable dude that you've always been. May you also grow beautifully in wisdom and maturity as the years roll by, become an independent superhuman who's great in integrity and lives a complete, fulfilled and meaningful life. Love ya, brother!
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